[The dynamics of the clinical and computed tomographic changes in brain contusions]

Follow-up clinical and computed tomographic studies were performed in 116 patients with acute craniocerebral injury. Out of them, 101 victims were followed in the intermediate and late periods during 1 to 2 years. The results of surgical and drug treatments of patients with moderate (n = 30) and severe (n = 86) injury were analyzed. Despite favourable prognosis of acute craniocerebral injury, the patients were shown to develop mild, moderate, and severe posttraumatic computed tomographic changes. Varying decreased working ability and disability developed in patients depending on the magnitude of posttraumatic brain changes.